2018 Toyota Camry

WHILE DRIVING, CAR HAS PROBLEM SELECTING THE RIGHT GEAR. I WAS DRIVING AND I DECELERATE NOT TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEM TRY TO ACCELERATE AGAIN THAT WHEN I NOTICE CAR HAS STRUGGLE TO SELECT THE PROPER GEAR. CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE FOR ABOUT 2 SECOND BEFORE A ROUGH FAST START THROUGH 2 OR 3 GEAR, THEM THE PROPER GEAR IS SELECTED.

ON DECEMBER 6, 2018, I PURCHASED A 2018 CAMRY WITH 65 MILES. I AM WRITING TO YOU REGARDING MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL PROBLEM. THIS LETTER ALSO DOCUMENTS THE SECOND INCIDENT WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN A PARKING LOT AND LEFT ME STRANDED FOR 4 HOURS AND THEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR A DAY. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN IN TRAFFIC AND THE CAR ISSUED A MASTER WARNING LIGHT, A WARNING BUZZER, AND A MESSAGE ON THE MULTI-INFORMATION DISPLAY THAT QUICKLY DISAPPEARED. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE ACCELERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM OR PEDAL ITSELF. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO HELP DIAGNOSE AND FIX THE PROBLEM. ON THE FOURTH INCIDENT, I HAVE A VIDEO THAT CLEARLY SHOWS THERE IS AN ACCELERATOR PROBLEM. IN THREE OF THE FOUR INCIDENTS, I WAS BACKING UP IN "R" AND NOTICED THERE WAS NO ACCELERATOR PEDAL, PLACED CAR IN "D" AND STILL NO ACCELERATOR PEDAL THAN IT WOULD JUST GO. IF THE CAR IS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE EITHER IN A TURN OR IN ANY SITUATION, THAN AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH COULD OCCUR. CURRENTLY CAR IS AT A TOYOTA DEALER. TOYOTA DID NOTHING ON THE FIRST TWO VISITS, AS THERE WERE "NO CODES" AND WOULD DO NOTHING UNLESS A CODE WAS PRESENT. I PROVIDED THEM WITH A VIDEO OF THE FOURTH INCIDENT AND IT SEEMS THEY MIGHT BE A BIT MORE INTERESTED.

THE TRANSMISSION HAS HARSH SHIFTS. MULTIPLE TIMES COMING THROUGH THE CITY WITH STOP SIGNS IT WILL HAVE A DELAY AND JERK WHEN I START TO GO AGAIN. SOME TIMES WHEN I GO TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION THERE WILL BE A DELAY WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS IF I'M CROSSING WHILE YIELDING TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I TOOK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY STARTED ITS FUNCTIONING AS IT SHOULD ACCORDING TO THE COMPUTERS AND RECOMMENDED I USED THE DIFFERENT MODES FOR BETTER SHIFTING. I WOULD LIKE THE BETTER FUEL ECONOMY AND SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT IT IN SPORT MODE FOR IT TO SOMEWHAT SHIFT BETTER. EVEN IN SPORT MODE IT STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN. I WAS TOLD IT NEEDS TO LEARN MY DRIVING PATTERN BUT AT 10K MILES I'M STILL HAVE ING THE ISSUE. IF IT WASN'T A NEW CAR I WOULD SAY THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING BAD WITH HOW JERKY THE CAR CAN BE AT TIMES. VERY DISAPPOINTING.

THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE WITH THE POWER TRAIN IS THAT WHEN THE CAR SLOWS DOWN & HAS TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY OR WHEN YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP & TAKE OFF THE CAR HESITATES TO GO. IT SOMEWHAT STALLS & IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IN CITY TRAFFIC TRYING TO CROSS A BUSY STREET & THEN YOU STALL WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC COMING TOWARDS YOU!! YOU CAN SOMETIMES PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR & IT STILL WON'T TAKE OFF LIKE IT SHOULD & THEN WHEN IT CATCHES THE CAR JERKS & THEN ACCELERATES. CRAZY HUH? I DON'T LIKE IT. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES & EVERY TIME THEY SAY IT'S THE WAY THE NEW TRANSMISSION IS MADE IN THE 2018 MODELS & IT'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. BUT IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY AT SOME POINT OF MY DRIVING TRIP. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE & TOYOTA NEEDS TO FIX THE PROBLEM & TAKE THIS SERIOUS BEFORE SOMEONE REALLY GETS HURT. WITH THE VISIBILITY OR WIPERS, WHEN IT RAINS REALLY HARD THE VISIBILITY IS TERRIBLE...WIPERS ON HIGH & DEFROST ON IT'S STILL JUST TERRIBLE!! TOYOTA WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS NOW!!

THIS IS MY THIRD TOYOTA CAR THAT I BUY AS A BRAND NEW CAR AND I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT GRTTING A 2018 CAMRY SE BUT AM VERY DISSPOINT IT WITH THIS SITUATION MAN SO THIS IS WHATS HAPPENING TO THE CAR THE VEHICLE HAS ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE CAR CAN'T SEEM TO DECIDE WHAT GEAR TO PICK AND WHEN TO ENGAGE IT RESULTING IN A SECOND OR TWO OF DEAD ACCELERATION ONCE THE VEHICLE DECIDES WHAT TO DO, IT SENDS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF POWER TO THE WHEELS WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION RATES. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE I DONT LIKE HOW THIS BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION WORKS. 2.THE SECOND PRONLEM IS THAT THAT CAR START SHAKING WHEN AM GOING OVER 70 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY AND I KNOW EXACTLY THAT IS NOT WITH BALANCE AND NOT ALIGHNMRNT BECAUSE IDONT FEEL THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING I FELL THE SHAKING IS COMMING FROM THE ENGINE I CAN GUARANTEED U THAT IS COMING FROM THERE BECAUSE WHEN I STOP ACCELARETING IT GOES AWAY BUT ONCE I ACCELERATE AGAIN STARTS THAT VIBRATION AGAIN SO TOYOTA NEEDS TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE CUSTOMER ARE 100%% HAPPY WITH THEIR CAR AND STOP TESTING THIS BRAND NEWS PLATFORM WITH THE PEOPLE MONEY BECAUSE I CAN TELK U THAT AT LEAST 40 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE THEY ARE REGRETING OF BUYING THIS CAR JUST BECAUSE THIS KINDA OF PROBLEM SO I WISH THERES A REMEDY TGAT TOYOTA IT MIGHT XONSIDERING TO FIX THIS INDS OF PROBLEM WHICH I HATE ABOUT IT ST ALL

I LIVE IN MA , APON A EARLY NOVEMBER SLEET MY CAR DASH LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. DISABLING MY ANTI CRASH SYSTEM WITH LIGHTS GOING AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE I ALMOST CRASHED. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR SIX MONTH SERVICE AT 3850 MILES ON CAR SET FOR DAY AFTER VACATION. I TOOK CAR IN TO TOYOTA. EXPLAINED PROBLEMS AND TOLD THEM TRANSMISSION IS ROUGH. THEY CAME BACK TO ME TELLING ME THERE IS A RECALL FOR TRANSMISSION.. I LEFT CAR AT HYANNIS TOYOTA EXPECTING TO RECEIVE CAR BACK THAT DAY. SERVICE REP CALLED ME AT 530 TELLING ME THAT SINCE THE DAY I DROVE OFF THE LOT THERE ARE 9 PAGES OF DEFAULTS. CLAIMING DRIVER ERRORS. FIRST IT'S A RECALL, BUT LATER IN DAY DRIVER ERROR. I AM 60 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS MY 5TH LEASE WITH THEM. I DO KNOW HOW TO DRIVE AND ON CAPE COD IN SUMMER I SIT IN TRAFFIC MOST OF THE TIME . THE SITUATION WITH SLEET WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20MPH ON LOCAL STREETS. THAT WAS EXPLAINED BY SERVICE REP THAT SENSORS ARE SENSITIVE AND DIRT,HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW CAN CAUSE ANTI CRASH SYSTEMS TO DEACTIVATE. AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TURN ENGINE OFF AND APON RESTART THE SYSTEM WILL REACTIVATE ITSELF.BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION SELF ACCLAIMED RECALL AND NOW CALLED DRIVER ERROR. WHEN YOU NEED ANTI CRASH SYSTEM,THE ODDS OF IT NOT WORKING ARE PRETTY GOOD AS EXPLAINED BY SERVICE REP. I JUST WANT MY CAN REPAIRED AND SAFE.THE DATE IS APPROX

TRANSMISSION JERKS AND CANT SEEM TO FIND THE CORRECT GEAR. IF YOU COME TO A STOP THEN TRY TO CHANGE LANES THE TRANSMISSION CANT SEEM TO FIND THE CORRECT GEAR. I ALMOST GOT INTO A CRASH BECAUSE OF IT TOYOTA SHOULD RECALL AND UPDATE THE SOFTWARE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES OR GETS HURT!! ALSO THE TRANSMISSION JERKS INTO GEARS IT MAKES FOR A CRAP RIDE.

THE WAY THE CAR HANDLES IS HORRIBLE. WHEN I SLOW DOWN IT SPEEDS UP AND WHEN I TAKE OFF FROM A LIGHT IT DOESNT SEEM TO WANT TO GO MY RMP HITS ABOUT 4 BEFORE IT SMOOTHS OUT. I SWARE OTHER CARS THINK I WANT TO RACE. I DID ADVICE THE SALES MEN WHEN HE ASKED WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THE CAR AND HE SAID BECAUSE OF A NEW MODLE OF TRANSMISSION. I DO NOT LIKE THE WAY THE CAR SHAKES AND FEELS LIKE ITS GOING TO CUT OFF. IT IS FINE ON THE HIGH WAY. I AM JUST DIAPPOINTED IN MY PURCHACE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME OUT OF ALL 5 TOYOTAS IVE HAD THAT I WISH I WOULDNT HAVE BOUGHT IT. I WAS FINE IN MY 2012 WISH I WOULD HAVE KEPT IT.

THIS CAR HAS A VERY JERKY TRANSMISSION. ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS WHEN I'M SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP, THE TRANSMISSION CAN'T DECIDE WHAT GEAR TO GO IN AND A VIBRATION OCCURS AND LUNGES THE CAR FORWARD A BIT. IN THESE CASES, I HAVE TO PUSH THE BRAKE HARDER TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, WHICH HAS NEARLY HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES NOW. IN ADDITION TO THIS SHAKING THAT CAN BE FELT THROUGHOUT THE CAR AND THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL, THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS WHERE THE CAR HAS NEARLY STALLED ON ME AS WELL WHEN COMING TO A STOP ON A ROUND-ABOUT IN WHICH I NEEDED TO ACCELERATE RIGHT AFTER. THIS RANDOM UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SAFELY OPERATE THIS CAR AND AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME OR GETTING REAR-ENDED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC. I CAN TELL IT'S A TRANSMISSION ISSUE, BECAUSE WHEN I SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION INTO "NEUTRAL" AND COME TO A STOP, THE ISSUE NEVER HAPPENS. I TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP LAST WEEK, SINCE I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW AND IT NOW HAS ONLY 1500 MILES ON IT. THEY SPENT A DAY ON IT AND TOLD ME THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT, SINCE IT'S INTERMITTENT AND THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO REPRODUCE IT ONCE OR TWICE AFTER A LONG TEST-DRIVE. THEY'VE HEARD OTHERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION ON THE NEW 2018 CAMRY'S THOUGH AS WELL, SO IT'S POSSIBLE TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT THIS. AFTER READING ONLINE, I CAN SEE THAT MANY OTHERS ARE RUNNING INTO THE EXACT SAME ISSUE I AM.